Wills & Burke

Wills & Burke

98 mins | Comedy | Oct. 23, 1985

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

Wills & Burke

98 mins | Comedy | Oct. 23, 1985

Wills & Burke
Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.
IMDb rating 4.3
Producers Australian Film Commission, Film Victoria, Stony Desert
Original title Wills & Burke
Directors Michael McIntyre, John Wild, Helen Gaynor, Bob Weis
Writers Philip Dalkin

Cast

Garry McDonald

as Robert O'Hara Burke

Kim Gyngell

as William John Wills

Roy Baldwin

as Charley Gray

Mark Little

as John King

Peter Collingwood

as Sir William Stawell

Jonathan Hardy

as John Macadam

Nicole Kidman

as Julia Matthews

Wyn Roberts

as William Wright

Alex Menglet

as William Brahe

Tony Rickards

as Patton

Kirk Alexander

as Mr. Lewis

Chris Haywood

as Constable

Stephen Kearney

as Ambrose

Dalibor Satalic

as Beckler

Simon Thorpe

as McDonough

Colin Hay

as Publican

Roderick Williams

as George Landells